BRUNSWICK Southern Maine Community College is inviting community members interested in the future of composite technology in Maine to an information session at the Midcoast Campus. The program — 4 p.m., Thursday, July 25 — will offer an inside look at composite technology and how it is being developed in the Midcoast. Participants will discover […]

BOSTON A plan to allow certain New England fishermen back into fishing grounds where they’ve long been banned was so objectionable to environmentalists that two groups sued to kill it months before it was officially released. And after the proposal was unveiled last week, fishermen who once backed the idea called the plan a useless […]

LIMESTONE (AP) — A motorcycle racer trying to top 300 mph died Sunday after losing control and zooming off a runway at a former air base in northern Maine. Bill Warner, 44, of Wimauma, Fla., was clocked at 285 mph before he lost control but it was unclear how fast the motorcycle was traveling when […]

FARMINGTON (AP) — A Chesterville man has been sentenced to serve one year of a five-year sentence and two years of probation for shooting buckshot at a truck leaving his home. Dennis Meaney pleaded guilty last week to reckless conduct and two misdemeanor counts of domestic violence criminal threatening and domestic violence assault in Franklin […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine man serving a 60-year prison sentence for drowning his grandfather in a bathtub in 1986 plans to ask the governor to commute his sentence. The Morning Sentinel reports that Jeffrey Libby of Winslow has a hearing July 24 before the Governor’s Board on Executive Clemency. Following the hearing, the board […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland City Council is taking up a proposal that would ban panhandling from median strips, a measure sought by police and supported by many motorists. Police Chief Michael Sauschuck says there’s been a big increase in roadside panhandling since the City Council rejected a similar proposal a year ago. He says […]

BANGOR (AP) — University of Maine System trustees are meeting to consider ways to help adults who attended college but never received a degree. Trustees are considering scholarships, professional development and other enhancements as part of a comprehensive plan to serve adults who left college without getting a degree. A report presented to trustees, who […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Officials say hot weather caused problems for some participants in the Shipyard Half Marathon, with about a dozen runners being treated for heat-related problems. Portland fire officials tell WGME-TV says that five of the runners had to be taken to the hospital on Sunday. The 13.1-mile road race looped through Portland. The […]

CARIBOU (AP) — Warm weather that’s taken hold over New England led to a new record in northern Maine. The National Weather Service says the temperature climbed to 91 degrees Sunday in Caribou, breaking the old record of 90 degrees that had stood since 1943. The region is in for a stretch of continued sunny, […]